At six months pregnant, displaced Palestinian woman Fatima Arfa wishes she could be buying cute clothes and toys for the special day when she delivers a healthy, safe child.

Instead, she spends much of her time seeking medical help in conflict-battered Gaza, weak and fearful that malnutrition will sabotage her pregnancy as Israel presses on with a military campaign that has led to widespread hunger among children and adults and reduced the enclave to rubble.

Read the full story on Reuters.

Fatima Arafa, a pregnant and displaced Palestinian woman, has a consultation with a doctor at Al-Helou hospital in Gaza City, July 10. — Reuters
Fatima Arafa, a pregnant and displaced Palestinian woman, has a consultation with a doctor at Al-Helou hospital in Gaza City, July 10. — Reuters

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